Westlake girls soccer coach responds to Westbank Chat questions

Place of birth: Born at the Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, Calif. Grew up in Temple City, Calif., and I am a huge Los Angeles Dodgers fan.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Sociology at the University of Texas.

Occupation: First-year teacher in the DAEP at Westlake High School and the girls varsity head soccer coach and director of operations for the Dundee Juniors of Central Texas youth soccer club for the past 14 years.

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What is the latest project in which you are involved? The WHS Girls Soccer Program replaced all the Chap Stadium seat stickers with new numbers as a fundraiser.

What is your career ambition? Soccer in a very inclusive sport for all ages and skill levels, so my career ambition is to continue create programs and leagues that allow all players to play and feel included. Everyone should have something that they feel like they belong to. For me, that’s soccer. It has given me so many things, and I want to pay the forward.

What is your favorite business in the Westbank? Honey Ham. Breakfast tacos and ham-bone soup all day.

Hobbies: Long boarding with my dogs in my neighborhood dog park. Watching Netflix. Playing in a sand volleyball league with Friends. Our team name is Beaches Be Cray.

What qualities in people draw you to be their friend? Big heart, honesty, the ability to laugh at one’s self and have fun.

I have a knack for: Finding the positive in any situation.

The one thing I’d like to change about the Westbank is: Traffic. It can rough getting to school every morning.

Excluding family members, name one person who influenced you most and explain why? Tim Chestney. He was my college coach at UT and then he became my coaching mentor when I became a coach at 22. He hired me right out of college, and I coached with him for the past 14 years until he moved to San Antonio. Everything I know about coaching youth soccer, I’ve learned from him. Forever grateful for Coach Tim.

What is one interesting fact about you that people probably don’t know? I make a mean hash brown casserole.

A bad habit I have is: Not putting clean laundry away right away. Clean clothes can stay in the laundry basket for days after I do laundry.

If the world were silent for 30 seconds, and all ears were turned to you, what would you say? Life’s too short for hate. Be kind, and go Dodgers!

My pet peeve is: People not being on time.

If you could sit down and ask questions of anyone (living or dead), who would it be and why? Ellen—Dance Off.

Most exciting or dangerous thing I’ve ever done: Surfing in Hawaii, then finding out there was a shark 10 yards behind me once I got on shore.

Life’s most challenging endeavor is: Picking the perfect brunch spot on the weekends.

What is the last book you read? Currently reading the “Game of Thrones” series. All 5,000-plus pages. Not watching the TV series until I finish the books.

If you were stranded on an uninhabited island, with no means of communication or escape, what is one thing that you would you like to have? A knife.

Is there anything that you passed up on doing that you now regret? I have no regrets.